hola hola

“Please don’t make me disown you as a friend, Seth. Come on, man.”

“you can’t ever disown me as a friend though, sorry i don’t make the the rules.”

he made a good point. and bohye hated that he made a good point, because it made her feel like she was overreacting. “i guess…..but like….why can’t they just shift the mask a little to hit those places and make up for it? why do they have to completely remove it?” she replied meekly, chewing her lip under the mask.

“it sounds to me that they’re more against you wearing it in general,” seth commented with a shrug, “you’ve done choreography in the mask so it’s clearly not moving anytime soon. it’s almost as if they don’t want you to be, well, you.” he raised an eyebrow a little, leaning against the counter, “have you ever considered bringing it up to your manager? or just asking to have a different stylist? going through this every time doesn’t seem healthy for you mentally.”

“wouldn’t you like to know.”

“tell me honestly,” jaeyeon mumbled, looking down a little, “is there anything wrong with me? i don’t want to make the same mistake and have alpha drop me too…”

“i mean, clearly there isn’t if they decided to sign you on,” seth said with a nod, “so i wouldn’t worry about it, personally.”

“….it’s nice being not-invisible again.”

“did a wizard leave an invisibility curse on you or something?”

“this unpretty shit is cute and all, but call me when they can rap in four languages.”

“i can barely rap in one...”

“why do the stylists keep insisting i take the mask off to do my makeup,” bohye grumbled, crossing her arms. “first of all, i won’t do it. second of all, why put make up under where the mask is going– no one will see it anyway. let me hide myself in peace.”

seth had missed doing actual mua jobs so to be working on a photoshoot, whilst mundane and boring to some, meant he was completely in his element and he was enjoying every second of it. his model, an alpha artist, had gone off and he was left with bohye. the conversation was a little heavy for small talk but he shrugged all the same, “maybe their explanation is that if the mask falls down a little bit during the photoshoot at least you’d be fully made up?””